regenerativeadj.n.
/rᵻˈdʒɛn(ə)rətɪv/, U.S. /riˈdʒɛnərədɪv/, /rəˈdʒɛnərədɪv/ A. adj.† 1. Medicine. Promoting the formation of new tissue. Cf. sense B. Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations to heal or generate tissue > [adjective] > regenerating flesh
regenerativea1400
agglutinative1585
agglutinant1684
anaplerotic1721
anticachectic1773
plerotic1775
paratriptic1887
anaplerotical-
a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 38 (MED) A leche wolde bisie him wiþ a medicyn regeneratijf [?a1450 BL Add. regeneratyff] to regendre fleisch in a wounde.
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 179 Scabiosa is an herbe..regeneratyue [?c1425 Paris regendrynge; L. regenerativa].
a1500 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Wellcome) f. 24v (MED) Fill it than with a mundyficatife afore said leyd vpon þe wounde..or with an oyntement regeneratyfe.
2. Of, relating to, or promoting renewal, revitalization, or spiritual rebirth.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > creating or constructing again
regenerative?a1475
regenerating1707
regenerant1713
re-creative1783
reproductive1830
reconstructive1838
the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective] > reforming > completely
regenerative1852
regenerating1861
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > regeneration > [adjective] > causing
regeneratinga1556
regeneratory1803
regenerative1852
the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [adjective] > restoring to flourishing condition
regeneratinga1556
resuscitative1611
revivifying1631
resuscitating1731
regenerative1871
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 257 (MED) Somme men wille the vjthe age of the worlde to begynne..from the baptyme of Criste, for the strenȝhte regeneratiue [L. vim regenerativam] ȝiffen to waters.
1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 428 To alter the property of naturall water, and to giue regeneratiue force and vertue to it.
a1652 R. Brome City Wit v. sig. F6v, in Five New Playes (1653) I pray you what is Lady Luxury? A woman regenerative.
1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 331 Do they believingly suppose a spiritual regenerative power..accompanying the sprinkling of a few drops of water on an infant's face?
1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 546 Idolatry Worshipped God meanly,..Not as man's great Regenerative Lord.
1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 26 The great regenerative work which he undertook.
1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience iv–v. 107 No one can fail of the regenerative influence of optimistic thinking, pertinaciously pursued.
2006 Time Out N.Y. 11 May 34/1 The weekend was restful and regenerative, given the subdued pace on NAHS's quiet pastoral grounds, surrounded by woods.
3. Of or relating to biological regeneration, esp. that of cells or tissues.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > growth > development or regeneration of parts
regenerative1767
organogenic1852
organogenetic1854
hysterogenetic1884
hysterogenic1885
heteromorphic1898
mesogenous1965
1767 Philos. Trans. 1766 (Royal Soc.) 56 163 We know not at what age nature had put a stop to this regenerative faculty [of bone].
1825 Lancet 25 Sept. 204/1 Osteo-necrosis regenerans. Loss of vitality, with a regenerative process.
1856 De Bow's Rev. Dec. 635 The regenerative powers of the plant may afterwards produce new bark from the sides of the wound.
1889 A. B. McKee tr. J. Cohnheim Lect. Gen. Pathol. ii. vi. 714 If a regenerative cell-proliferation is rendered possible..there is apparently no reason why physiological regeneration should not occur in tissues which have sustained a morbid loss of substance.
1940 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 49 476/2 This regenerative activity of the cortical tissue was very small.
1989 V. Shiva in J. Plant Healing Wounds 85 The heavy and uncontrolled demand for industrial and commercial wood..requires the continuous overfelling of trees which exceeds the regenerative capacity of the forest ecosystem.
2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 28 Feb. c14/6 While drug use in sports has captured headlines, there is big money in hormone sales from regenerative and wellness clinics as well.
4. Engineering.
a. Designating a method of cooling gases or liquids in which outgoing cooled fluid is used to cool the warmer incoming fluid, esp. one in which the cooling is brought about by allowing compressed gas to expand, used in processes for liquefying gases; of, relating to, or used in such a method.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > making cold or cool > specific technique of refrigeration
regenerative1850
air-to-air1943
1850 London Jrnl. Arts, Sci., & Manuf. 36 349 The principle involved in the regenerative condenser is applicable to many useful purposes.
1896 Proc. Chem. Soc. 11 231 If..hydrogen, previously cooled by a bath of boiling air, is allowed to expand at 200 atmos. over a regenerative coil..a liquid jet can be seen.
1912 E. H. Hall Elem. Physics 269 Liquid air is now obtained by the process of ‘regenerative cooling’.
1961 F. E. Hoare et al. Exper. Cryophysics i. 4 Dewar was employing regenerative cooling to produce a jet of cold hydrogen gas which could be used for cooling other systems.
1999 Energy 24 934 The cold stream might be used in a heat exchanger to cool the incoming stream itself, in a regenerative fashion, thus lowering the exit temperature still further.
b. Using the principle of a regenerator or heat exchanger to increase the efficiency of a furnace, gas turbine, etc.; designating this principle. Cf. regenerator n. 2a.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > [adjective] > types of
reverbatory1594
reverberatory1613
reverberating1650
reverberated1678
downdraught1854
regenerating1858
regenerative1861
recuperative1864
reverbating1868
1861 W. Fairbairn Iron 66 The prospective advantages of these regenerative stoves are greater economy..and the higher temperature attainable by the blast.
1889 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 2 256 Applying the regenerative principle for industrial purposes.
1921 Jrnl. Amer. Soc. Heating & Ventilating Engineers May 390 In recent years the regenerative type has gained in favor and practically all the ovens now under construction are of this type.
1953 D. J. O. Brandt Manuf. Iron & Steel xxviii. 203 Soaking pits are of two kinds, regenerative pits, which are fired in two directions, being reversed at intervals, and recuperative which are fired in one direction only.
1969 J. C. Agarwal et al. in J. H. Strassburger Blast Furnace: Theory & Pract. II. xviii. 965 In the regenerative heat exchange system that is employed in ironmaking,..hot gases are forced to flow through the brick checkerwork of the blast-furnace store.
2008 Fuel 87 3091/1 Preheated air combustion..can be used in industrial furnaces and regenerative combustion systems.
c. Designating a method for cooling the combustion chamber of a rocket engine in which fuel or oxidizer is passed through a surrounding jacket, coil, etc., so as to cool the combustion chamber and incidentally heat the fuel or oxidizer. Also: (of a rocket engine) employing this method.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [adjective] > type of rocket engine > cooling method of
regenerative1947
1947 Sci. News Let. 5 Apr. 213/3 Regenerative cooling of a liquid propellant rocket is accomplished..by flowing one of the liquid propellants through a jacket surrounding the combustion chamber and nozzle.
1984 Science 23 Mar. 1285/3 J. H. Wyld, whose regenerative motor made the liquid fuel rocket practicable.
2005 M. J. L. Turner Rocket & Spacecraft Propulsion (ed. 2) iii. 74 Regenerative cooling is employed for the combustion chamber walls.
5. Designating a method of braking in which the kinetic energy of the vehicle is reused (typically as electrical energy) rather than being dissipated as heat; (of a braking system) employing this method.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [adjective] > type of suspension or braking system
regenerative1903
spongy1952
1903 U.S. Patent 734,724 4/1 The motors would cease to become effective as regenerative brakes.
1930 Engineering 6 June 722/2 Regenerative braking had been adopted on the majority of the electric locomotives recently placed in service.
1973 Sci. Amer. Dec. 23/2 A regenerative braking system would employ the vehicle's electric motors as generators during braking or downhill driving.
2005 N.Y. Times 5 June b25 The FCX is equipped with a standard hybrid feature, regenerative brakes, which capture energy that would otherwise be wasted.
6. Electronics. Employing positive feedback, i.e. returning part of an output signal in phase to the input, often done as means of amplification in early radio receivers; of the nature of such feedback. Now chiefly historical.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > signal > [adjective] > relating to or involving feedback
regenerative1915
to feed back1921
1915 E. H. Armstrong in Proc. IRE 3 231 It is always better practice to use the cascade circuits for the radio frequencies, even if the regenerative circuits are not employed with each individual audion system.
1947 R. Lee Electronic Transformers & Circuits ix. 254 The next pulse occurs when the negative grid voltage decreases sufficiently so that regenerative action starts again.
1975 G. J. King Audio Handbk. ii. 35 Positive feedback means that the phase of the signal fed back is coincident with the phase of the source or input signal. This is regenerative feedback which results in sustained oscillation.
2005 R. L. Hilliard & M. C. Keith Broadcast Cent. & Beyond (ed. 4) 14 In 1913 a young radio amateur, Edwin H. Armstrong, developed a feedback, or regenerative circuit that greatly increased amplification.
n. Medicine. An application promoting the formation of new tissue. Cf. sense A. 1. Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations to heal or generate tissue > [noun] > regenerating flesh
regenerativea1400
anaplerotic1706
anticachectic1706
agglutinant1721
antiatrophic1833
paratriptic1887
a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 38 (MED) Þe quytture schal be clensid or þou leie ony regeneratijf [L. medicamen regeneratiuum] to holowȝ woundis.
?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 92v Þe wounde schal ben filled wiþ fleische with regeneratiues ȝif..þere bge enye concauite in þe wounde.
c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 74v (MED) Þou schalt make þe fleisch to growen ouer þilke reparelment wiþ regeneratifs, mundificatifs, and consolidatifs.
a1500 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Wellcome) f. 29v (MED) Mundify kyndly þe flesshe with a regeneratife.
1588 W. Clowes Prooued Pract. Young Chirurgians 88 (heading) Incarnatiues, or Regeneratiues.
Compounds
regenerative medicine n. the area of medicine concerned with the development of treatments promoting the repair and replacement of tissues and organs, by stimulation of the body's natural capacity for regeneration, the use of stem cell therapy, etc.
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1983 Philadelphia Enquirer 8 Dec. 1 b/2 An emotional tug-of-war..between forensic science and regenerative medicine over the eyes of a 13-year-old girl.
1994 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times 3 July 3 a/4 One of the schools competing..for the facility, to be devoted to spinal cord injury and regenerative medicine research, is the University of Miami.
2003 Embryo Res. in Pluralistic Europe ii. 78 The term ‘regenerative medicine’ has been applied recently as a way of highlighting several emerging therapeutic strategies that should allow regeneration or repair of lost tissues and organs.
2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 11 Apr. d1/4 Stem cell therapy has long captured the limelight as a way to the goal of regenerative medicine, that of repairing the body with its own natural systems.
Derivatives
reˈgeneratively adv.
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the world > action or operation > amending > [adverb] > so as to reform > in manner of complete reform
regeneratively1834
1834 E. Moor Oriental Fragments v. 513 Those who are..broken in body, seek to be ‘made whole’ by a physical rite ; and pass regeneratively through a zennaar, or a tree, or a stone, of a peculiar form or figure.
1892 Whitney Max Müller 64 Some changes result more regeneratively than others.
1949 G. P. Sutton Rocket Propulsion Elem. vi. 142 The German Me 163 motor has a steel cooling jacket in which fuel cools the motor regeneratively.
1994 Jrnl. Neurobiol. 25 265 The propagation was nonlinear with one or more focal loci in the cytoplasm where the wave was regeneratively amplified.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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